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I watched a few kickstart videos but I have to say it seems to be an oddity for webcomics and there weren’t that many examples that I could find. That being said maybe I just wasn’t looking in the right place.

I found this article quite helpful in breaking down the steps of building an audience on a web comic, because in all honestly social media and online communities are things that I’m just not that familiar with, so this was essential for walking through it.

I’ll just write down the four main steps but I’d definitely recommend going and reading the article in full. Thats the four main phases but in each phase it breaks it down further into the various steps and questions you should be asking when working out your own webcomic.

So a common thread is that they either are eponymous or they go under the brand End All Graphics. Personally, I think it would have been better if she stayed with the eponymous angle, because then all artwork would be synonymous with her, rather than slightly confusing things with the alternative brand she has. Simply as a point of having a strong unified brand, but that’s just my opinion.

What is very apparent through her various social media and stores, is that she has a very distinct and consistent style, which is what we should take away from this. Everything links together nicely, it’s easy to find the links to her other channels, and the work is clearly displayed when you navigate the various links leaving no doubt as to what her style is.

We found Logo pond to be our favourite site for inspiration as the logos were all fairly minimalistic. We didn’t really like the isometric logos that we looked at but it did push in the direction of incorporating geometric shapes into the design.

Logo Design Tips:

2 pictures wrapped in one (like the Boat logo, one way it’s just a letter another its a picture)

Colour is important but it should still work greyscale

Avoid repeating the same design style over and over, for example, circular badge divided into segments. Try and make it ageless rather than following a trend.

Make it unique/ instantly recognisable

Try use custom font

Keep it simple stupid!

Think about proportion and symmetry

Maybe incorporate negative space (see Fedex Arrow)

Is it passive e.g. Apple logo or active e.g. Twitter Logo

Have a meaning to the design

Danny likes the idea of a jumping wolf design with geometry incorporated into it, which I quite like the thought of doing so I said I would.

Danny got in touch with some comic book related people, I can’t remember the different names so we wrote up a list of questions to ask them, which are in my notebook.

I took reference footage of me turning my head with a box on it, initially intending to have Malcolm turning his head rotoscoped over, but I changed my mind.

I quite like how the little test above turned out, however, I decided to simply add 3 more faces to Malcolm’s head and that way I can create a null controller to move his head. This will allow for easier adjustments to any motion that Malcolm needs to do.

That being said, this exercise is good reference for the arc motion of his head.